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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, says stanley deutschland that Congress needs a plan B should Republicans not gain the necessary suppo stanley cup rt to pass President Trump s proposed immigration reform plan. In an interview with CBS This Morning Wednesday, Rubio said he believes changes on issues like so-called chain migration and the visa lottery should able to pass the Senate with Democratic support.He added, however, that if somehow we just can t get those things done, we should have a plan B that basically focuses on border security and focuses on making sure that the people here under DACA now do not lose their status, give them something permanent. During Tuesday night s State of the Union address, Mr. Trump called for new limits on family or chain migration, claiming that a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. A CBS News fact check revealed, however, that the claim was not true. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a U.S. citizen can petition for a spouse; unmarried children under 21; sons and daughters who are married and/or over 21; parents, for those 21 and over; and siblings of those 21 and ove stanley cup r. A green card holder can petition for spouses, unmarried children under 21, and an unmarried son or daughter of any age.Rubio said the president s aim to further restrict the number of relatives an immigrant can apply to bring into the United States is a change that almost every other country Bsox Sierra Club Trashes Bush
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev. said Tuesday that passage of a massive war supplemental spending bill may slip until after the Memorial Day recess, as the political calculations on the must-pass bill continue. It is going to be extremely difficult for us to get from where we are today to completing this legislation in a timely fashion, Reid said Tuesday morning. We re going to have to finish our work on Thursday or this war funding b stanley becher ill will not be completed. That may not be the case...But [it is] not [going to be] an easy chore. The Senate is set to begin consideration of the $194 billion package to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon. Reid said that work on the bill will be complicated by the absence of several senators this week, including all three presidential candidates and Sen. Edward Kennedy D-Mass , who is recovering after suffering a seizure in Cape Cod over the weekend. The delay did not sit well with Senate Repub stanley mug licans, who have been agitating for months for quick action on a clean supplemental bill, whic stanley cup h does not include domestic spending. The Senate must pass a bill funding our troops free of restrictions on their ability to win and free of spending unrelated to this mission, said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky. . And we must do it by Memorial Day. Continue reading post... ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none;

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Stocks surged after President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced they re working on a big an stanley cup usa d bold legislative package to address thecoronavirus crisis. Mnuchin added that the administration is also looking at sending checks to Americans immediately. The news, along with a move by the Federal stanley cup Reserve to ease lending for banks and businesses, lifted stocks on Tuesday after a mixed opening to financial markets. The bounce followed Monday s rout that marked Wall Street s worst day since the epic Black Monday crash in 1987.The Dow jumped 1,049 points, or 5.2%, to end the day at vaso stanley 21,237. Stocks gained sharply after Mr. Trump and Mnuchin made the comments during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing Tuesday morning. The SP 500-stock index and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite each gained about 6%. Trump says coronavirus pandemic could last through summer 02:03 Stocks have mostly plunged during the past three weeks as the pandemic spreads across the U.S. On Monday, the Dow plummeted almost 13%, a bigger percentage loss than any other except for the 22.6% crash on October 19, 1987. The selloff came despite the Fed s emergency action this weekend to cut interest rates to near zero. Investors are looking to Congress and the Trum Tncd Kucinich plans to stay in Ohio for re-election
From CBS News Andante Higgins and John Bentley: WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. ndash; John McCain and Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla., campaigned today in Florida in what could be a preview of the Republican ticket in November. Crist has been mentioned as a possible running mate for McCain, who spoke glowingly about him. I think there are many ways for him to serve the country, McCain said. But I also know that he committed to serve the state of Florida when he ran to be governor of the state of Florida. The campaign has indicated they will start an in-depth vice presidential search soon. The VP spot is especially important for McCain, 71, who would be the oldest person ever inaug stanley water bottle urated should he become president. He s still a very young ma stanley kaffeebecher n, McCain said of Crist, who is 51. The process is really open, but I know that Governor Crist will continue to serve this country in many respects in the future. Their first stop at Howley s Restaurant and Diner here created chaos as people crowded themselves into all three rooms of the restaurant, while an overflow audience stood around speakers on the patio and in the street. McCain and Crist scooted through the diner shaking hands and signin stanley italia g autographs, including a group of third graders who waited patiently for them.Even though the next election for McCain isn t for eight months, he still has public campaign events planned. In order to maintain visibility nationally, it s going to be more dif

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The median salary for a female White House staffer is $72,650 while the median salary for a male staffer is $115,000, according to the 20 stanley tumbler 17 Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel, which lists the title and salary of every Executive Office employee and has been mandatory since 1995. That means there s a 37 percent gender pay gap that favors men in President Trump s White House-- a disparity that is over triple what it was in the Obama White House 11 percent , according to a report from the American Enterprise Institute. With this in mind, a woman working for Mr. Trump earns 63.2 cents per every $1 earned by her male co-worker. 4 big reasons for the gender pay gap 01:36 stanley cup On the national scale, women earn 80 cents for every dollar that men make in terms of median annual pay, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families. This number is even lower for women of color -- African American women are typically paid 63 cents and Latinas are paid 54 cents for each stanley cup usa dollar earned by a white, non-Hispanic man. Statistically, examining the median value, rather than the average value is preferable. Analyzing the median gives a better picture of what a typical employee, male or female, earns, whereas the average value may be skewed by a few particu Xood Chris Hill, former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, discusses North Korea threat
Like a student cramming for final exams, Claire McCaskill pulled an all-nighter.The Democratic Senate candidate, scrambling for votes before Tuesday s election against Republican Sen. Jim Talent, embarked Friday night on a fast-paced tour of the St. Louis area. Her itinerary included more than 30 stops over 24 straight hours, and was to end with a rally Saturday night. It s the last person you expect to see at Waffle House at 3 a.m., said Tim Yazawa, 24, who was g stanley quencher rabbing a middle-of-the-ni stanley cup ght snack with a friend. A more well-rested Talent was flying around the state Saturday with fellow GOP Sen. Kit Bond and other top state Republicans to rally supporters at regional party offices. I sense a real intensity level, Talent said as he departed from Missouri Republican Party headquarters in Jefferson City. McCaskill s stops before midnight Friday included police stations, fire stations and the night shift change at an auto plant. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, her big blue recreational vehicle rolled to all-night diners, where patrons were often stunned to see the Senate candidate amid the burgers and shakes.It garrafinhas stanley was constant motion as McCaskill hopped on and off her RV, spending 10 to 45 minutes at each stop. Nursing a raspy voice with cough drops and hot tea, McCaskill said it was her idea to target people who work the night shift, though at many stops she was greeted by just a handful of police officers, waitresses or emergen

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A crowdfunded campaign to fly a giant Trump Baby balloon over London during President Trump s visit next month has smashed its fundraising target, collecting more than $16,000for the planned protest. But there s one pro stanley website blem: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said no.The dia stanley cup per-clad Trump Baby stands nearly 20 feet high, sports the president s signature blond hair, and holds a cellphone in his very small hands. Donald Trump is a big, angry baby with a fragile ego and tiny hands, the group behind the effort wrote on their Crowdfunder page. Moral outrage is water off a duck s back to Trump. But he really seems to hate it when people make fun of him. So when stanley kubek Trump visits the UK on Friday the 13th of July this year, we want to make sure he knows that all of Britain is looking down on him and laughing at him. Khan, however, has not given the group permission to fly the balloon at London s Parliament Square because, the activists say, the Trump Baby does not qualify as a protest. They are insisting that the only form of protest that is legally allowable on their land is a gathering of people, with banners and placards, they write. We have asked the Mayor to let us fly him over Parliament when Trump visits Britain on 13th July. But officials at City Hall have told us that TrumpBaby is not a protest. Apparently, he is art. Here he is, all 6m of him:2/n pic.twitter/0NIOUAMugkmdash; Leo Murray @criso Nqys Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls U.S. back from brink of unprecedented default
Updated at 3:08 a.m. Eastern. WASHINGTON - District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray and several council members have been released from jail seven hours after they were arrested during a sit-in protesting restrictions placed upon the district as part of the federal budget deal.Gray and others sat down and blocked the street in front of a Senate office building Monday. They chanted and shouted, Hey, hey, no, no, those D.C. riders have got to go. About 30 people were arrested. Six council members were arrested including Chairman Kwame Brown. We needed to make a statement, Gray said after his release. He said protesters shoelaces, ties and belts were removed while they were in jail. He said the district restrictions that were part of the budget deal reached Friday were completely unacceptable. Congress oversees D.C. s budget and laws and can pull funding for programs it doesn t like during the budgeting process. City officials say Washington was used as a pawn last week s budget b stanley cup argaining, with new restrictions part of the price of a deal. Under the stanley quencher budget agreement reached Friday, the details of which are still uncertain, the city will likely be unable to spend city dollars on abortions for low income women. It may also be banned from spending city money on needle exchange programs believed vital to curbing the spread of HIV stanley us in the city, where the disease is considered an epidemic. Also back, a school voucher program favored b

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Uncommitted vote beats out Dean Phillips in MN primary stanley water bottle Uncommitted vote beats out Dean Phillips in MN primary 02:35 MINNEAPOLIS mdash; Approximately 45,000 Minnesota Democrats voted for uncommitted instead of incumbent President Joe Biden during the presidential primary, according to unofficial results of nearly all precincts Tuesday night mdash; an effort to protest the Israel-Hamas war and put political pressure on the White House to call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.RELATED: Biden, Trump projected to win Minnesota presi vaso stanley dential primaryThat support amounted to approximately one in every five Democratic Party votes Tuesday night, and significantly surpassed the 7.8% of Democrats who cast ballots for Minnesota s own U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, who launched a longshot campaign against Biden. On Wednesday morning, the Minnesota DFL affirmed that 64 of the 75 delegates will be assigned to Biden, but 11 of them will be going to uncommitted. Still, the party stressed unity. I want to thank every candidate that put their name forwa stanley cup usa rd and participated in our presidential primary, DFL Chairman Ken Martin said. President Biden s overwhelming victories in Minnesota and across the country show that our party is uniting to de Vnti Moderate Democrats join GOP senators to back bill to delay end of Title 42 border expulsions
CBS News There was some big talk on energy Tuesday on the campaign trail. President Obama talked wind power and Mitt Romney said if he is elected, America will be so energy independent by the end of his second term that we ll no longer have to buy oil from the Middle East and Venezuela. The president has talked about wind energy at every stop on this Iowa bus trip. Former Governor Romney focused on oil and coal. Both men are trying to draw attention to an issue that could sway the stanley quencher race in several battleground states -- energy.At a wind farm in Haverhill, Iowa, President Obama touted his support for a valuable tax break for wind producers, a break Romney opposes. He s called these sources of energy imaginary. His new running mate has called them a fad, Obama told the crowd.Iowa is home to the nation s largest wind sector, employing 6,000-7,000 people and providing 20 percent of the state s energy. So Republican leaders in Iowa were startled when the Romney campaign came out against renewing the stanley cup tax credit when it expires later this year.Republican Senator Charles Grassley said: I felt it was just like a knife in my back. Paul Ryan: Creature of D.C., GOP idea man Obama argues Ryan is working against farmersComparing Romney and Ryan s ideas on MedicareThe White House sees this as a winning issue. I want to stop giving $4 billion in taxpayer subsidies that are going to oil companies that are making huge profits stanley thermobecher and have been sub

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President Trump is weighing his choices to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death ofJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with prominent conservative jurists at the top of his list, a source familiar with the White House vetting process told CBS News. This person said the president is likely to nominate someone to the court ahead of the first debate on September 29.At a rally on Saturday night, Mr. Trump said he will nominate a woman and the announcement will come some time next week.Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa are among the top contenders for the vacant s stanley cupe eat. Barrett, who serves on the 7th Circuit C stanley quencher ourt, was on the shortlist for the nomination that eventually went to Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the court after a contentious confirmation process stanley cup . Barrett may have an advantage as the White House plans to move quickly on the pick, and she has already interviewed with the president. However, Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins may be turned off by Barrett s anti-abortion views. Lagoa is another top contender. She serves on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and has several attributes that may endear her to Mr. Trump. A first generation Cuban-American from Florida, a key swing state, Lagoa is known for her staunch conservative positions.There is a man, Amul Thapar, who serves on the 6th Circuit Court, and who is considered a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. If confirmed, he would Ajxx Melania Trump wears pussy bow to second debate
CBS News Two states that Barack Obama won in 2008 - after going for former President Bush in 2004 - are now split between President Obama and Mitt Romney, according to the latest Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times swi stanley termosar ng state poll.Romney is ahead of the president in the swing state of Colorado, 50 percent to 45 percent. The poll shows a key part of Mr. Obama s Colorado coalition from 2008 -- college-educated white voters - in play this year. Mr stanley nz . Obama, meanwhile, leads Romney in Virginia, 49 percent to 45 percent, thanks in part to strong support from women and black voters. In a third important state, Wisconsin, Mr. Obama has a 6-point lead over Romney, 51 percent to 45. Colorado Today s results come as the president embarks on a two-day, four-city campaign swing through Colorado. Romney campaigned in Colorado last week. Four years ago, Mr. Obama won the support of white voters in Colorado by a slim, two-point margin, although he lost to John McCain among those with no college degree. Mr. Obama won the support of Colorado s white college graduates by a 14-point margin. Now, however, white voters in the state back Romney, 54 percent to 41 percent. Romney even wins the support of white college graduat stanley cup es, with 49 percent support to Mr. Obama s 46 percent. The three-point lead is within the poll s margin of error. There are age and gender gaps: men favor Romney over Mr. Obama by 17 points,

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The Federal Trade Commission has sharpened its antitrust case against Facebook, re-filing a complaint accusing the social networking giant of illegal monopoly behavior in a suit that ultimately could force a spinoff of its popular Instagram and WhatsApp services.In the revised complaint, filed Thursday, the FTC adds detail to earlier allegations that stanley cup Facebook grew its marke stanley cup usa t power by buying up or bullying potential rivals. By allegedly doing so at a critical time mdash; just when mobile devices were becoming popular mdash; Facebook eliminated the possibility that rivals might harness the power of the mobile internet to challenge Facebook s dominance, the FTC argued.In addition to acquiring smaller rivals, such as Instagram, Facebook kneecapped potential competitors by restricting third-party developers who built software that connected to Facebook s platform, the FTC alleged Thursday. Facebook s initial policy of open access to its software drove developer and user engagement with Facebook, which in turn helped to fuel Facebook s massive advertising profits. B stanley cup ut as developers expanded popular offerings, Facebook came to view them as a threat, the FTC complaint said. Facebook soon demanded that developers not compete with Facebook or help potential competitors; those that did not comply with these demands lost access to the platform and some went out of business, the FTC said.Facebook said in a series of tweets that the gov Fjoz After ACLU and DOJ sue, Tennessee agrees to remove sex workers with HIV from sex offender registry
CBS Nancy Pelosi is at the center of a political maelstrom because of her claims that the CIA and the Bush administration misled her about its use of harsh interrogation techniques. Now new questions are being raised that may help to focus some of the attention away from the embattled Speaker of the House and back on the agency and members of the Bush Whit stanley cup e House.In an interview yesterday with Th termo stanley e Huffington Post, former Senator Bob Graham said that the CIA had also failed to tell him about their use of waterboarding and labeled the agency s records of briefings suspect. Graham was briefed in his capacity as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The former senator s claims could lend credence to Pelosi s charges that although she was told by the CIA that the administration considered waterboarding legal, the agency failed to inform her that the controversial technique was being employed. Graham also said that the CIA gave him false information about the number of times he had been briefed on its enhanced interrogation methods. After checking the agency s record of his meetings against his own daily schedule and personal notebook, the ex-Florida senator said that the CIA agreed that no briefings had taken place on three specific dates that it had previously claimed that stanley water bottle meetings were held. Making the ongoing debate about torture murkier still, Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson, former chief of staff at the State Department, is claiming that the Bush administrat

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A senior military official says that American military advisory teams will now go to Iraq s western Anbar province where Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants have been gaining ground and slaying men, women and children.The teams are part of President Obama s new directive to expand the U.S. mission in Iraq by deploying another 1,500 U.S. troops to serve as advisers, trainers and security personnel.The official said it is likely that the bulk stanley cup becher of the additional troops will be in Iraq by the end of the year. This d stanley cup eployment would bring the total U.S. forces in Iraq to about 3,100, and would mark their first return to stanley france Anbar since the war ended. Obama OKs sending U.S. troops to Iraq 01:11 Obama is also asking Congress for more than $5 billion to help fund the fight, part of a $5.6 billion funding request announced after the president met with congressional leaders Friday. The White House says the troops won t serve in a combat role, but will train, advise and assist Iraqi military and Kurdish forces fighting ISIS fighters. The trainers will expand their mission outside of Baghdad and Erbil, two locations where U.S. forces have been operating since the summer. The administration hopes to eventually train nine Iraqi and three Kurdish brigades -- Tmhc Poll: Obama, Romney locked in tight race
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In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency DIA , about the agency s mission, its workforce, and about t stanley cup he top strategic threats its analysts are tracking today. Morell and Berrier discuss evolving and intensifying threats from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Berrier also describes his own professional trajectory and how applicants to DIA can pursue opportunities to work in posts around the world. Listen to this episode on ART19 HIGHLIGHTS:DIA s mission: At its core, the Defense Intelligence Agency is an all-source analysis agency that does intelligence operations. That is, coll stanley cup becher ection. Human collection and technical collection. And our mission really is foundational military intelligence. So if there is an Army or Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps out there, we it s our job stanley mugs to know about that, and it doesn t matter where it is. The White House and the Department of Defense set our priorities and we go after those. Threats from al Qaeda and ISIS-K: I think as long as they have access to technology and the ability to meet, that means the ability to plan, right And so whether they re threatening the homeland or our partners in Europe or other partners in Central Asia, I think it s a real possibility. And that s why the over the horizon effort, whatever that turns into, is really, really so important for the Depa Ages Bush Praises Immigrant Soldiers
Mike Sodrel is hoping the fourth timersquo; stanley mug s the charm.The former GOP congressman, who was ousted in last yearrsquo Democratic wave, announced this afternoon that he will be stanley mug seeking a rematch against Rep. Baron Hill D-Ind. .Sodrel had been mum about his future plans, but no other GOP candidates had jumped into the race, all deferring to the former congressman. His run marks the fourth consecutive election that Hill and Sodrel have run against each other. Sodrel challenged Hill in 2002 and lost, but narrowly defeated him in 2004. Then Hill returned the favor last year.One Indiana GOP operative called the ongoing battle between Sodrel and Hill a blood feud. It tells you itrsquo personal. When theyrsquo;re running against each other like that, that tells you they hate each other, the operative said. He enters the race with high name recognition, strong fundraising connections and a ready-made base of s cups stanley upport. Hill also got off to a strong fundraising start, banking $544,000 at the end of the second quarter. Hillrsquo Bloomington-based district is one of the more Republican seats held by a Democrat. President Bush won 59 percent of the vote in 2004, and 56 percent of the vote in 2000. Indiana Republicans are also hoping that election coattails from the presidential campaign will also help Sodrel, particularly if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton D-N.Y. leads the Democratic ticket.

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The Russian forces invading Ukraine have faced more resistance than the U.S. believes Russia anticipated, a senior defense official said Sunday morning. The Russian forces have advanced toward three cities, including Kyiv, but have not yet captured a city since invading. The Ukrainians are putting up a very stanley cup stiff and brave and heroic resistance, but we are only in Day Four, and I would be reluctant to provide an estimate of how many more days there are and what those days are going to look like, the senior defense official said.The U.S. Defense Department estimates about two-thirds of the combat power Russia had arrayed around Ukraine s borders have now been committed inside Ukraine. That leaves about one-third that have yet to enter the country, which is a significant amount of power still at the ready. The Russian advances on both Kharkiv and Kyiv have been slowed by fuel and logistical shortages and by the stiff and creative resistanc stanley cup e by the Ukrainians, according to the official. A convoy of military trucks parked in a street in Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Fighting also raged in two eastern territories controlled by pro-Russia separatists. stanley france AP The Russian advance forces are still about 30 kilometers outside of Kyiv. There are indications Wnqt Danny Davis: Okay, Fine, I ll Take The Senate Gig
In a fundraising appeal this morning, Hillary Clinton explicitly stated that she is not looking for donations to cover the $12.5 million she loaned her own campaign. As you know, I had to loan money to my campaign at critical moments, Clinton writes. I m not aski stanley canada ng for anyone s help to pay that back. That was my investment and my commitment because I believe so deeply in our cause. But I do need your help paying the debts we accrued to others over the course of this campaign, she continues. We put everything we had into winning this race, and we came just about as close as you can. As we reported in Starting Gate, Barac stanley cups k Obama s donors have mobilized to help Clinton retire the roughly $10 million in debt that she carried over from her campaign not tied to her personal loan. Clinton thanked Obama in a statement put out by her office: Senator Clinton appreciates Senator Obama s generous efforts and is continuing her efforts to raising the moneys he needs to ensure a victory in November. The full email, which features two large, red contribute buttons, is below. Dear _______, I made a promise to you, and I in starbucks stanley cup tend to keep it. I told you that if you stood up for me, I would always stand up for you. You did more for me than I could have ever imagined, and I m going to keep my end of the bargain and keep fighting for what we believe in -- in the Senate and on the campaign trail, helping to elect a new Democratic president and a

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Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, apologized Friday for remarks he made about suicide during a Tuesday appearance at Wasilla High School that offended some students and faculty who were p stanley flask resent.During a speech at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention, the longtime congressman said he d lost a relative to suicide. Because I ha stanley vaso ve been touched by this issue, it s very personal to me. ... It may have caused me to mangle some of my statements and comments that s caused this uproar, Young said, according to CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA. I am profoundly and genuinely sorry for the pain it may have caused people. I have done what I believe is correct to prevent this tragedy, he added. Again, I am profoundly sorry for those that took offense of what I tried to say. During his appearance at Wasilla High, Young was fielding questions from students and faculty, and one teacher asked him for his thoughts on suicide, according to the Alaska Dispatch News. Just days before, a stanley cup student at the high school had taken his own life. Understanding depression and suicide 05:59 Young, according to Wasilla Principal Amy Spargo, mentioned alcohol and depression as factors in many suicides, but he added that a lack of support from friends and family is sometimes to blame.The Auve Ukraine to U.S.: Please Invest in Us
Amtrak and Bush administration officials closed a deal late Frida stanley termosky y to help Amtrak get the $200 million it needs to keep passenger trains running through September.The deal helps Amtrak avert the first systemwide shutdown in its 31- year history, which had been threatened to begin next week.The Transportation Department will give Amtrak an immediate $100 million loan, then will j stanley mug oin with Amtrak in asking Congress to provide the remainder. Our goal was to ensure uninterrupted service for the over 750,000 Americans who rely on Amtrak and our nation s commuter rail service every day, and we have accomplished that goal, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said at a news conference announcing the deal.The announcement culminated a week of shuttle diplomacy among Amtrak leaders, Bush administration officials and members of Congress. The final negotiations hinged on what conditions the administration would place on its $100 million loan. Amtrak agreed to 12, many involving improved financial accountability. A lot of this is stuff that should be done, said Amtrak President David Gunn.The conditions require Amtrak to stanley mug spend all its money over the next 15 months on existing assets and services, not to plan for expansion of service.Also, Amtrak must freeze all management salaries and suspend any annual bonuses for this year for employees with salaries over $75,000. Officials had said one sticking point was a proposed provis